Conference Session

Innovations in biological and agricultural engineering education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Mankin, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

AC 2007-2468: LEADING AND ASSESSING A FIRST-SEMESTER TEAM DESIGNPROJECTKyle Mankin, Kansas State University Page 12.1005.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Leading and Assessing a First-Semester Team Design Project AbstractStudents are known to be motivated by course activities that are relevant to their careers. Designprojects offer this type of real-life experience. This paper describes implementation andassessment of a design project that was adapted to a first-semester course that included bothbiological and agricultural engineering (BAE) and agricultural technology management (ATM)students. The

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alvin Post, Arizona State University; Qiang Hu, Arizona State University; Milton Sommerfeld, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

AC 2007-887: BIODIESEL ALGAL BIOREACTORS AS EDUCATIONALPROJECTS: ENGINEERING FACTORS AND A CASE STUDY OF ESTIMATIONAlvin Post, Arizona State UniversityQiang Hu, Arizona State UniversityMilton Sommerfeld, Arizona State University Page 12.309.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Biodiesel Algal Bioreactors as Educational Projects: Engineering Factors and a Case Study of Estimation.Abstract:Two experimental closed-system bioreactors that produce algae for biodiesel are described,along with a discussion of the basic requirements for algae growth. The reactors were built bystudents and faculty, and are producing algae in support of

Conference Session

Bioengineering laboratories: Bringing research into the classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rupa Iyer, University of Houston (CoE)

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

technologies haveprofoundly transformed the way scientists design, perform and analyze experiments. Asbiological concepts and models become more quantitative, biological research is increasinglydependent on concepts and methods drawn from other scientific disciplines. Thus as biologybecomes more quantitative and systematic, it will become a foundational science for engineeringsimilar to physics, chemistry and mathematics.The long term goal of this project is to design and disseminate interdisciplinary teaching materialthat will bridge different disciplines and provide an increasing understanding of the relevance ofconcepts of chemistry, engineering, and computing in biology. The objectives are to: (1)Develop an interdisciplinary biotechnology

Conference Session

Biology and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

soft computing. At the conclusion of the course, students haddeveloped their own paradigms and semester projects related to their particularresearch interest. Students made use of current literature for theory formation andhypothesis building related to biological and environmental systems. Futureresearchers must effectively use methods to simulate ambiguous systems fordirecting limited resources toward the solution of these problems. Principlecourse topics included fuzzy variables, inference systems, neural networks, signalprocessing, controls, visual simulation, machine vision, and genetic algorithms insupport of modeling. Students were expected to read and critique related journalarticles each week. To enhance communication skills, students

Conference Session

Biology and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramana Gosukonda, Fort Valley State University; Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Fort Valley State University; Sanjeev Arora, Fort Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

(problem-based, tool-based, cases) Pedagogical goals Targeted course Targeted student audience, Prerequisite(s) Lecture notes (e.g. slides). Reading materials for the instructor (e.g. list of references) set of exercises and/or projects Instructor solution manual for the provided exercises Evaluation of module for potential curriculum impact assessment rubricsFaculty Training

Conference Session

Biology and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ernest Tollner, University of Georgia-Athens; Caner Kazanci, Univ. of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

structuredseminar that seems appropriate. The syllabus is summarized as follows: • Gain a qualitative understanding of terminology, the first law, the second law from an introductory text (We used Whalley, 1992). We also focused on worked examples of first and second law analyses found in Cengel and Boles (2002). • Spend two days per week covering fundamentals in ecological thermodynamics (Jorgenson and Svirezhev, 2004) and spend one day per week analyzing papers of Ichiru Aoki and other leaders in the field. • Students tackled a project based on the papers for a detailed energetics analyses as a final project The course considered the laws of thermodynamics in the classical sense andinvestigated some models